Health Inequalities in the Diverse World of Self-Employment: A Swedish National Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: With labor being a central social determinant of health, there is an increasing need to investigate health inequalities within the heterogenous and growing population in self-employment. This study aimed to longitudinally investigate the relationship between income level, self-employment status and multiple work-related health indicators in a Swedish national cohort (n = 3,530,309). The study investigated the relationship between self-employment status and health outcomes later in life. All poor health outcomes, with the exception of alcohol-related disorders, were more common in the self-employed population, compared to the group in regular employment. The income gradient, however, was more pronounced in the group with regular employment than the groups in self-employment. The study found

SUBMITTER: Gauffin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8656803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature